Servais Knaven

Servais Knaven
Personal information
Full name	Henricus Theodorus Josephus Knaven
Born	6 March 1971 (age 53); Lobith, Netherlands
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current team	Team Ineos
Discipline	Road
Role	Directeur sportif
Rider type	Classics specialist
Professional teams
1994–1999	TVM
2000–2002	Domo-Farm Frites
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Managerial team
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Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (2003) Stage races Danmark Rundt (1997) One-day races and Classics Paris-Roubaix (2001) Scheldeprijs (1998) National Road Race Championships (1995)

Henricus Theodorus Josephus (Servais) Knaven (born 6 March 1971) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer, currently a directeur sportif for Team Ineos. He rode at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[1]

As a rider, Knaven won Paris–Roubaix in 2001 in wet and muddy conditions that soaked the cobblestones. With a strong representation of Domo-Farm Frites riders in the lead group, he launched an attack with 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to cover and crossed the line solo. His teammates Johan Museeuw and Romans Vainsteins followed, completing a rare 1-2-3.^[2] He is the second rider in history to start and finish the Hell of the North race 16 times.^[3] In 2003, while riding for You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Miscellaneous

{{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia., Knaven won Stage 17 in the Tour de France. He escaped from a 10 men breakaway to take the win in a mostly flat stage concluding in Bordeaux.^[4]

Major results

1991

1st

National Track Pursuit Amateur Championships

1st Grote Rivierenprijs

1992

1st

National Track Pursuit Amateur Championships

1st

National Track Pursuit Amateur Championships

1st

Overall Olympia's Tour

1993

1st Overall Teleflex Tour

1st Stage 4b

1st

Overall Olympia's Tour

1st Prologue & Stage 9b

1st Ster van Brabant

1995

1st

National Road Race Championships

1996

10th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

1997

1st

Overall Danmark Rundt

1st Prologue Tour of Sweden

3rd National Road Race Championships

4th Nokere Koerse

5th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

1998

1st Scheldeprijs

4th Overall Étoile de Bessèges

1st Stage 1

5th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

8th Omloop Het Volk

1999

1st Ronde van Midden-Zeeland

2nd National Road Race Championships

5th Overall Three Days of De Panne

7th Omloop Het Volk

2000

1st Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

1st Stage 1

3rd Overall Ronde van Nederland

3rd Omloop Het Volk

3rd Arnhem-Veenendaal Classic

2001

1st Paris–Roubaix

4th Overall Danmark Rundt

6th Dwars door Vlaanderen

6th Scheldeprijs

7th Overall Three Days of De Panne

2002

10th Overall Tour of Belgium

2003

1st Stage 17 Tour de France

1st Stage 5 Tour of Qatar

1st RaboRonde Heerlen

4th Scheldeprijs

5th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

5th Gent–Wevelgem

7th Paris–Roubaix

2004

4th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

7th Dwars door Vlaanderen

2005

1st Stage 5 Tirreno–Adriatico

6th Overall Three Days of De Panne

2008

4th National Time Trial Championships

2010

1st Ridderronde Maastricht

9th Batavus Prorace

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Servais Knaven Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
^ Tim Maloney (15 April 2001). "Domo-nation". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
^ James Huang (15 April 2010). "Pro bike: Servais Knaven's Milram Focus Mares Paris-Roubaix". Bike Radar. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
^ Gerald Churchill (27 July 2003). "Knavens wins stage 17 of Tour". Road Cycling. 2011 ROADCYCLING.COM. Retrieved 15 December 2012.

External links

Official website (in Dutch)
Servais Knaven at Cycling Archives (archive)
Official Tour de France results for Servais Knaven

Sporting positions
Preceded by Steven Rooks	Dutch National Road Race Champion 1995	Succeeded by Maarten den Bakker

[SportsRef-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Servais Knaven Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2016.

[2] Tim Maloney (15 April 2001). "Domo-nation". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 15 December 2012.

[3] James Huang (15 April 2010). "Pro bike: Servais Knaven's Milram Focus Mares Paris-Roubaix". Bike Radar. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 15 December 2012.

[4] Gerald Churchill (27 July 2003). "Knavens wins stage 17 of Tour". Road Cycling. 2011 ROADCYCLING.COM. Retrieved 15 December 2012.

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